2-Picoline is colorless oily liquid with strong unpleasant odor of pyridine. It can be used as raw material for synthetic medicines, dyes, and resins, or used in producing fertilizer synergists, herbicides, livestock repellents, rubber accelerators, dye intermediates, and etc.
Product name 2-Methylpyridine; α-picoline
Alias 2-Methylpyridine-d7(2-Picoline),98 atom % D; 2-picoline (alpha); 2-Methylpyridine; α-Methylpyridine; Methylpyridine: HSDB 5819; Picoline; Pyridine, methyl-
Molecular formula:C₆H₇N
Molecular weight 93.1283
CAS RN 109-06-8
Melting point -70℃
Boiling point 128-129 ℃[1]
Solubility Miscible with water and ethanol, soluble in most organic solvents
Density 0.95
Appearance Colorless liquid with special odor [1]
Flash point 39℃

Chemical properties
2-Picoline reacts with inorganic acids or organic acids to form salt, and reacts with inorganic salts and haloalkane to form addition compounds. α-methylpiperidine or pyridine can be got during hydrogenation according to specific conditions.

Uses
1. This product can be used in producing 2-Vinylpyridine, nitrogen fertilizer synergist (N-Serve), long-acting sulfonamide, silicosis drug, livestock anthelmintic, poultry drug, organic phosphorus antidote, local anesthetic, laxative, additive for film photosensitizer, dye intermediate, rubber accelerator, and etc. It can also be used as raw material for medicine, dye, pesticide, synthetic resin, and fertilizer synergist.
2. This product can be used in producing dye, resin, pesticide, veterinary drug, rubber accelerator, additive for film photosensitizer, and etc. In pharmaceutical industry, it can be used in producing chlortrimeton, pyraloxime iodide, acetylcysteine, and other drugs.
3. In the synthesis of drugs, dyestuffs, rubbers, and other chemicals. Or as solvent and experiment reagent.
4. In testing cobalt, cyanate, and iron.